My idea for this Friday Happy Hour series is just to concentrate on the bar or tavern I choose for that week and pretty much take photos of the place and not be as social as I am on other posts.
Well today in addition to featuring W.E. Sullivan’s on the eve of a special occasion there, I’m having a holiday lunch with two friends.
Let’s now travel to W.E. Sullivans and if you keep scrolling you can meet these two people I’m having lunch with and find out what the hell this special occasion is!
And just like Jackie Gleason…awaaay we go!
Here we are at this week’s Friday Happy Hour location: W.E. Sullivans Irish Pub & Fare.
Let’s go in and start this happy post!
As soon as I entered the place, I ran into Lauren Blasek, who owns the place along with her husband, Billy.
We’ll have a photo of both of them at the end of this post, but for now, let’s meet my friends whom I’m having a holiday lunch with in here today!
And here they are, my holiday luncheon friends, Jeff and Tricia! Great to see both of them and there’s our friendly and pretty waitress, Charisse, who took our luncheon order along with flashing us with her beautiful smile!
Tricia came out with a book she wrote this year and you can check that out here. She’s currently working on her second book which will be published in 2024, very impressive!
Then I ditched Tricia and Jeff to take some photos inside of W.E. Sullivans.
Here’s the bar and dining area and as you can see, they’re doing a nice business in this afternoon time slot. Don’t any of these people have jobs? It must be nice!
W.E. Sullivan’s opened up seven years ago in December of 2016. I can’t believe it’s been seven years, here’s a link to the first post from here back then.
They’re having an anniversary party tomorrow night and you can read all of the details about that by clicking right here!
Here’s where the live music in here happens and I love the vintage Sullivans sign that’s a tribute to owner Billy Blasek’s uncle, Mike “Sully” Sullivan. Billy’s other uncle is Pat Sullivan, the owner and barkeep of Kelleher’s Irish Pub & Eatery.
Here’s the front dining area of W.E. Sullivan’s where we’re seated for our lunch.
There’s another room located right off of this one over here…
There’s a private party happening in here, so I took a shot from the back of the room.
I also took a photo of the nice bar area ih here.
Meanwhile, back at our table…
Lunch was being served!
We had a delicious lunch featuring the Prezel Bites with Beer Cheese, Billy’s Boxtys, Macaroni and Cheese, Fried Ravioli and for dessert we got the Salted Caramel Skillet Cookie.
The food was fabulous and comforting!
I absolutely love this photo and it wasn’t staged. This is Jeff and Tricia wondering if I’m ever going to shut up and put my camera away!
I can wear people down during an afternoon together and this photo is proof of that!
Great to see both of them and thanks to both of them for putting up with me for a fun afternoon!
Happy Hour happens here at W.E. Sullivans Tuesday though Friday from 3pm to 6pm. They offer up six dollar flatbreads, three buck vodka and tequila seltzers, three dollar draft beers and Sullivans Sangrias for three bucks apiece.
What a happy selection!
Here’s the owners of W.E. Sullivans, Lauren and Billy Blasek! They’re not only great pub owners, they’re friendly and wonderful people and I always love to see them!
They have an Ugly Sweater Party happening tonight with live music from The Bogside Zukes and it’s their Seventh Anniversary Shindig tomorrow, so stop on by and enjoy the fun and live music at W.E. Sullivans Irish Pub & Fare!
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W.E. Sullivans Irish Pub & Fare
4538 N. Prospect Avenue
Peoria Heights
309-839-8097
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